I think that all the expansions and items up to date are great. I love the game EQ and the EQ community is very good overall. Most of the people that play it, like myself, play it to have fun and have fun doing it. But like with anything else, there are those people that eith dont have fun playing it, or enjoy being buttheads ( or the more vernacular "a" word) and either ruin the game or annoy us.
That being said, there are some things that I think can be changed or at the very least, improved upon. Instead of adding new zones and millions of new items ( all of which are great by the way, best I can tell) I think Verant ( or whomever is in charge now) should improve and update some of the already existing things in the game. Here is my list of things that I believe should be changed or improved upon.
1) I believe that the Vah Shir should be allowed to be monks. They can be Beastlords, which if you break it down, are very much monks, just that they have a pet. Limiting monks to two races, Humans and Iksar, was semi-foolish. I dont know all the stas of each race, but with the Human's lack of seeing in the dark and the Iksar's racial KOS'ness, making a Vah Shir monk would be a good middle ground if someone wanted to play a monk without the drawbacks of the Human or Iksar.
2) I also believe that being the Vah Shir are feline by their nature, that their base run-speed and agility ( if not Dexterity) should be natural higher than what they are presently. Also, there is some talk that the legs of the Vah Shir should be more "cat-like" much like the Kerrans.
3) Humans, should be allowed to be every playable class, including Beastlords, Shaman, and Beserkers...since the human was the base that all other races are compared to and from. A proper pet for a male Human Beastlord would be a Lion, and the female human's pet would be a lioness ( though the idea of having an attack bat would be cool...LOL)
4) I think that the Orc should be a playable race, with such classes as Warrior, Beserker, Necromancer, Shaman, and perhaps a healer of somekind. The starting city could be Crushbone, but being that CB is a dang good experience zone for lower levels, there could be a zone set up along the Orc Highway in Oasis or Commonlands, or somewhere of that nature.
5) At character creation you are allowed to pick the color of eyes, choose between 3 or 4 hair styles, 4 or 5 faces, beards, and colors. Try as you may to be individual, there will be someone that looks like your twin. I think they should make it so you have more "choice" in what you look like. Like on Asheron's Call, where you can scroll through many different facial features and other options. You should also be able to adjust your skin-tone ( for those serious role players whose character is half dark-elf and half human...you could choose a lighter or deeper shade of blue.) You could even have a darker human or paler Erudite.
6) This isnt my idea,but I heard it discussed in bazaar one night and frankly, the idea is good. There should be a buyer window, for when your afk, kind of like a reverse trader window. You put in the name ( or link if possible) into the window, set your amount you will pay ( have the plat on you of course) and there ya go. If someone has the item, and are willing to sell it to you for your price or below, then you automatically make the buy. Doh. dont know how many times that certain robe or sword I been looking for has come up for auction or sale while i was in trader mode and afk.
7) I have a few friends who play Paladins who either have parts of or their complete epics who say that they arent much, that they are worth doing, and that they could use an upgrade. Personally, I think that this could be true for many of the epics. There are alot of better dropped or quested weapons and gear in game, many surpass that of the so called "epicness" of each class's highend weapon. I think that the epic weapons themselves should be upgraded, not the quests mind you, but the stats on the weapons..so that they are worth doing, worth having, and even more so..worth using for something other than just show.
8) There should be more single zones where people can solo on their own. I know of alot of people who would prefer to solo, or who like to solo every once in awhile. Either modify a little used zone so that folks can do so, or make a new one altogether. ( I know it goes against what I have been talking about). Even doing something like the LDON zones, instant zones that only one person, maybe 2 peeps can be in at a time, to avoid being trained or having that rare kill being stolen. All rules to LDON would apply, time limits, etc still apply. Even making some quests that result in good items or decent plat and/or faction, that can be done easily by a soloer or a party of 2. With fairly good experience along the way. This would be for all classes of all levels, and each zone would be set according to the class and the level.
Just my input on somethings that might make the game a little more interesting and fun.